Just to be clear, my comments about using these products was to remove the
sericin from tussah silk in fabric and yarn. In no way am I suggesting that
one use it for bobbin lace, though I suppose it could be used to "cut the
grease" etc., as it is stellar in removing lanolin from wool, and often dyers
use it to remove the last of the bleed, but it is a strong cleaner.
In the US, I think that most would attest that Dawn can be fairly hard on
hands.
One walks the line between saying too much or not enough, but I did make sure
to state the "cornstarch" feel and ways to clean it in reference to "fabric and
yarn," which is the media I am most versed in. ;-)
Thanks to Bev, her comments are that at least some tussah silk threads made for
bobbin lace are "sans sericin" but a "wild silk" as has been discussed from
Africa, may not be the same case, so was hoping to offer help to Alice's query.
I was in a yarn co-op ordering from some of these cottage industries in same or
similar areas and purchased to be of support to the women, but the yarns were
not the quality and they were all relegated to coarser projects such as
felting, etc. We are really spoiled now with yarns and even some threads,
compared to what our mothers and grandmothers used.
HTH
Susan Reishus
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